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Why is belief in a higher power required?

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Why is belief in a higher power required?
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RE: Why is belief in a higher power required?
June 24, 2013 at 7:02 pm
(June 24, 2013 at 6:40 pm)Statler Waldorf Wrote: I am the creation of a rational God, therefore I can trust my senses enough to learn about His world and His word. You have no justification for trusting your senses because you believe we live in a Universe that is nothing more than matter.

You are nothing more than the creation of your parents, and you owe your existence to the combination of their genes.

Considering that we each only have five senses, and god cannot be perceived with either of the five senses, the logical conclusion is that one can only perceive god through delusion. I can very well rely upon my five senses for the justification of trusting the world around me, because anything more is simple fabrication of an overactive imagination.
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Why is belief in a higher power required?

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Why is belief in a higher power required? - by Foxaèr - June 19, 2013 at 3:01 pm
RE: Why is belief in a higher power required? - by Cato - June 23, 2013 at 2:29 am
RE: Why is belief in a higher power required? - by Cato - June 21, 2013 at 1:21 am
RE: Why is belief in a higher power required? - by Zarith - June 19, 2013 at 10:11 pm
RE: Why is belief in a higher power required? - by wwjs - June 19, 2013 at 11:20 pm
RE: Why is belief in a higher power required? - by fr0d0 - June 21, 2013 at 10:05 am
RE: Why is belief in a higher power required? - by cneron - June 22, 2013 at 11:23 pm
RE: Why is belief in a higher power required? - by Foxaèr - June 24, 2013 at 7:02 pm
RE: Why is belief in a higher power required? - by justin - June 27, 2013 at 12:31 pm

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